CIEE High School Study Abroad in Spain
- Spain
- Barcelona
- Madrid
- Seville
- Palma de Mallorca
About Program
Perfect your flamenco moves in Seville, live like a Spaniard in Madrid, relax at the beach in Barcelona, or explore the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea in Mallorca. Spain will amaze you with its culture, historic landmarks, delicious food and amazing lifestyle. CIEE High School Summer Abroad programs improve your Spanish skills, whether you're a beginner or more advanced Spanish learner.
Scholarship opportunities are available for summer abroad in Spain!
CIEE offers you a chance to experience Spain for longer too through the High School Semester Abroad program and Gap year abroad program!
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Program Highlights
- Native teachers, expert instructors and reputable, well-established public or private high schools
- Credentials for your college applications and résumé
- 24/7 support from CIEE program leader and in-country CIEE staff members
Popular Programs
Join us in Spain this summer! Grow your Spanish skills in a 4-week immersion program in Madrid, Barcelona or Seville, complete with a homestay and daily classes and cultural activities. Embark on a Marine Science adventure in the magical island of Palma de Mallorca. Enjoy all Spain has to offer from world-class gastronomy to historical sites and natural wonders.
Spend a semester or a year in Spain and hone in your Spanish language skills! Placed in a local high school and homestay, you’ll live the everyday life of a Spanish teen and get to discover the country through weekend aways with your hosts or organized group excursions with other CIEE students.
Perfect your Spanish skills and flamenco dance moves in sunny Seville! Combine language classes with cultural activities and excursions with other CIEE students for a gap experience to remember!
Response from CIEE Global Navigator
Thank you very much for commenting on your positive experience with CIEE. We value our participant feedback and are always looking to understand what the student experience looks like in an effort to create even better programming. CIEE holds a very thorough placement process when it comes to selecting both schools and host families. In the case of school recruitment, CIEE visits with school teachers and administrators in order to ensure staff understand what it means to host an exchange student to communicate the motivators on the behalf of an exchange student – primarily to develop both language and intercultural skills. It’s critical that teachers and administrators understand the challenges associated with being an exchange student and we ask pointed questions around how the support structure will work for that individual within the school and we make very clear students come with a wide range of language levels.
As an exchange student operating in a second language in a country where cultural norms and academic environments can be very different than in the United States, there are often misunderstandings and misinterpretations. As is customary, CIEE reaches out to our school contact upon a student completing the High School Abroad program to capture feedback on the experience. In your case, the school was very pleased with your effort and performance and enjoyed hosting you. Therefore, it could be that the feelings you experienced were a result of language and cultural differences in communication style – a very common experience for exchange students.
If you would like to discuss your experience further, of course please reach out to our Portland office. We are always happy to speak with participants, whether past or present!
All the best,
Your CIEE Global Navigator Team